javax.jms
Interface Queue

All Superinterfaces:

Destination

All Known Subinterfaces:

TemporaryQueue

All Known Implementing Classes:

JMQQueue

public interface Queue

extends Destination

A Queue object encapsulates a provider-specific queue name. It is the way a client specifies the identity of a queue to JMS API methods.

The actual length of time messages are held by a queue and the consequences of resource overflow are not defined by the JMS API.

Version:

1.0 - 9 March 1998

Author:

Mark Hapner, Rich Burridge

See Also:

QueueSession.createQueue(String)

Method Summary

String	getQueueName() Gets the name of this queue.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of this object.

Method Detail

getQueueName

public String getQueueName()
                    throws JMSException

Gets the name of this queue.

Clients that depend upon the name are not portable.

Returns:

the queue name

Throws:

JMSException - if the JMS provider implementation of Queue fails to return the queue name due to some internal error.

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of this object.

Returns:

the provider-specific identity values for this queue